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# O.C.G.A. § 32-6-29. Responsibility of the Department of Transportation; responsibility of the Department of Public Safety.

(a) The Department of Transportation shall be responsible for rules and regulations relating to size and weight limits and issuance of permits under this article.

(b) The Department of Transportation shall not, however, employ any law enforcement officers or agents except as may be specifically authorized by other laws. Law enforcement responsibility for enforcement of this article shall be in the Department of Public Safety and with any local law enforcement officer authorized to enforce laws relating to motor vehicles and traffic upon the road or bridge on which a vehicle is traveling.

## History

Ga. L. 1960, p. 1122, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 193, § 2; Code 1933, § 95A-962, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1422, § 40; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1500, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1989, § 3; Ga. L. 1979, p. 814, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 32; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 32; Ga. L. 1993, p. 366, § 1; Ga. L. 2000, p. 951, § 2-6; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1199, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 12-3/HB 501; Ga. L. 2023, p. 573, § 4/HB 189, effective May 3, 2023; Ga. L. 2025, p. 512, § 4/HB 164, effective July 1, 2025.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2023, p. 573, § 6/HB 189 not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval. The provisions of this Act relating to enforcement of vehicle weight and dimension violations by law enforcement officers other than those employed by the Department of Public Safety as enacted in Sections 2 through 5 of this Act shall stand repealed on July 1, 2025.”

## Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective May 3, 2023, added “and with any local law enforcement officer authorized to enforce laws relating to motor vehicles and traffic upon the road or bridge on which a vehicle is traveling” at the end of subsection (b). See Editor’s notes for repeal of amendment.

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, inserted “and with any local law enforcement officer authorized to enforce laws relating to motor vehicles and traffic upon the road or bridge on which a vehicle is traveling” at the end of the second sentence of subsection (b).